Pileni language

Pileni language

Infobox Language
name=Pileni
region=Reef Islands and Taumako, Solomon Islands
speakers=1,142 (1999)
iso3=piv
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Central Eastern MP
fam4=Eastern MP
fam5=Oceanic
fam6=Central-Eastern Oceanic
fam7=Remote Oceanic
fam8=Central Pacific
fam9=East Fijian-Polynesian
fam10=Polynesian
fam11=Nuclear Polynesian
fam12=Samoic
fam13=Futunic
notice=nonotice
The Pileni language is spoken in some of the Reef Islands as well as in the Taumako Islands (also known as the Duff Islands) in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. It is named for Pileni, one of the Reef Islands.

The language is spoken throughout the Taumako Islands, while in the Reef Islands, it is spoken on Aua, Matema, Nifiloli, Nupani, Nukapu, and Pileni. Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.

The language is a member of the Samoic-Outlier branch of Polynesian languages.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=piv Ethnologue's Pileni entry]
* [http://www.ling.su.se/pollinet/ POLLInet]


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